U.S. Naval War College is a dynamic institution with programs, events, and faculty contributions that are relevant and of interest from the local to the national level.
Students in the U.S. Naval War College’s (NWC) Maritime Advanced Warfighting School (MAWS) provided U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Francis L. Donovan, Commander of U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), a report on their regional capstone project on-site during the annual PANAMAX exercise in the Republic of Panama on Aug. 12, 2026.
Through the end of my time here at the U.S. Naval War College, I’m regularly highlighting someone or something that’s caught my attention over the previous couple of weeks. It might be a person – student, faculty or staff – who deserves recognition, or it might be an occasion I want to draw more attention to.
NEWPORT, Rhode Island – The U.S. Naval War College (NWC) held its 10th annual Future Warfighting Symposium (FWS), focused on innovation and the future of joint warfare, at its Newport, Rhode Island, campus on Aug. 5-6.
NEWPORT, R.I. - The U.S. Naval War College (NWC) hosted the 15th annual Deterrence and Escalation Game and Review (DEGRE) and Global 18 wargame, co-sponsored by U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) and U.S. Pacific Fleet (PACFLT), onboard Naval Station Newport, April 22–26.
U.S. Navy Capt. (ret.) Michael O’Hara, Ph.D., dean of the U.S. Naval War College’s Center for Naval Warfare Studies, and Associate Prof. Richard Moss, Ph.D., of the school’s Russian Maritime Studies Institute, joined Maritime Expeditionary Security Squadron (MSRON) 8 for a Narragansett Bay patrol Saturday, Aug. 9.